Peto Municipality Explained

Official Name:Peto
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: Yucatán
Government Type:PRI 2007-2010
Leader Title:Municipal President
Leader Name:Jose Vicente Dominguez Canto[1]
Area Total Km2:3136
Population As Of:2005 [2] [3]
Population Total:22386
Population Blank1 Title:Demonym
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central Daylight Time
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:20.1167°N -144°W
Elevation M:35
Blank Name Sec1:INEGI Code
Blank Info Sec1:058
Blank Name Sec2:Major Airport
Blank Info Sec2:Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport
Blank1 Name Sec2:IATA Code
Blank1 Info Sec2:MID
Blank2 Name Sec2:ICAO Code
Blank2 Info Sec2:MMMD

Peto Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It has a municipal seat of the same name and is located in the centre-south portion of the Yucatán, 135 km to the south-east of state capital Mérida.

Communities

The municipality is made up of 74 communities, the most important include the following:

Additional Data

City population (2005): 18,177

City Founded: 1549

Annual fairs: 29 April to 3 May; 26 December to 2 January

Media: XEPET-AM, a government-run indigenous community radio station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuestros municipios - Peto . 2009-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091201063108/http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/estado/municipios/31058a.htm . 1 December 2009 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico: Yucatan . 2009-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120230117/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_yucatan . 20 November 2008 . dmy-all .
  3. http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/default.asp?s=est&c=10395 Census Results by Locality, 2005